Essential Knowledge:Causes of the French Revolution • Influence of Enlightenment ideas • Influence of the American Revolution Events of the French Revolution • Storming of the Bastille • Reign of Terror Outcomes of the French Revolution • End of the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI • Rise of Napoleon

History Channel: French Revolution Viewing Guide History Channel Note 1: The above 2005 History Channel documentary runs about 90minutes and is best used with the French Revolution Documentary Note 2: If you decide to use the history channel documentary take note of the following approximate scene marks and consider editing them out with your favorite video editor or blocking the screen: –Sex-life of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette: 16:30-19:00 mark –Heads of Louis Guards: 38:40-39:00 mark –Attack on political prisoners: 54:00-55:05 mark –Blood oozing out from Marie Antoinette’s death: 1:09:40-1:10:00 mark –Generic blood shot: 1:12:20-1:12:30 mark –Blood dripping: 1:22:00-1:22:30 mark –Robespierre suicide scene 1:26:30-1:27:00 mark

Another set of French Revolution videos are from United Learning. The video is much shorter running about30minutes or15minutes for each part.